Re: [Help-gsl] latest version of GSL available for Red Hat

[Alan Mead]

My guess is that you just need to find the 2.6 installation. I think you
should have posted your question to the gsl list, so I'm cc'ing the list.

When you say you've built it, what do you mean? Patrick's suggestion
("./configure --prefix=~/usr", then "make && make install")? or
something else? (did you build the Fedora rpm on RHEL?)

To find the location of the binary in your path and to see if an RPM
"owns" that file, try these commands:

which gsl-config
rpm -qf `which gsl-config`

For example on an older CentOS machine:

$ which gsl-config
/usr/bin/gsl-config
$ rpm -qf `which gsl-config`
gsl-devel-1.13-1.el6.x86_64

If you see the same kind of thing, that means that the gsl-config in
your path is the vendor/RHEL version. If you installed it locally as
Patrick suggested, you'd want to do something like:

~/usr/bin/gsl-config --version

But, again, the GSL mailing list is more likely to be able to help you
with that. Your next question will be "Ok, how do I link that 2.6
version?" and I have no idea; probably something like "gcc -I ~/usr/lib
file.c" (or, more likely, you'll have to edit a makefile). The guys on
the GSL list will be able to answer these questions.

-Alan


On 8/29/2019 1:09 PM, mohamed jabir wrote:
>
> Hi Alan,
>
>  
>
> I have built 2.6 version on the RHEL but when I run gsl-config
> –version I am getting the wrong version. How can I verify the 2.6
> version I have installed and make “gsl-config” use this new version.
>
>  
>
> Best,
>
> Mohamed
>
>  
>
> *De :*Alan Mead [mailto:address@hidden]
> *Envoyé :* 29 août 2019 12:12
> *À :* mohamed jabir <address@hidden>; address@hidden
> *Objet :* Re: [Help-gsl] latest version of GSL available for Red Hat
>
>  
>
> You might have better luck asking on a RHEL or CentOS list. In the
> repos I have enabled, I only see 1.15 is available
>
> $ yum search gsl
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>  * base: bay.uchicago.edu
>  * extras: bay.uchicago.edu
>  * updates: bay.uchicago.edu
> =============================================================================
> N/S matched: gsl
> =============================================================================
> gsl-devel.i686 : Libraries and the header files for GSL development
> gsl-devel.x86_64 : Libraries and the header files for GSL development
> gsl.i686 : The GNU Scientific Library for numerical analysis
> gsl.x86_64 : The GNU Scientific Library for numerical analysis
>
>   Name and summary matches only, use "search all" for everything.
> $ yum info gsl
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>  * base: bay.uchicago.edu
>  * extras: bay.uchicago.edu
>  * updates: bay.uchicago.edu
> Available Packages
> Name        : gsl
> Arch        : i686
> Version     : 1.15
> Release     : 13.el7
> Size        : 903 k
> Repo        : base/7/x86_64
> Summary     : The GNU Scientific Library for numerical analysis
> URL         : http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/
> License     : GPLv3 and GFDL and BSD
> Description : The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of
> routines for
>             : numerical analysis, written in C.
>
>
> But Fedora has 2.6:
>
> http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=gsl
>
> You could try that on RHEL, but I suspect it will tell you that there
> are unmet dependencies. Try using the earliest Fedora gsl rpm available.
>
> I love the stability of RHEL, but if you want the latest versions of
> any software, RHEL is a poor choice. Fedora would be a much better choice.
>
> -Alan
>
> On 8/29/2019 9:28 AM, mohamed jabir wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>      
>
>     What is the latest version of GSL available for "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
> Server release 7.7 (Maipo)"?
>
>      
>
>     I mean the version that can be installed using the Yum command.
>
>      
>
>     How can uninstall  the 1.15 version and install the 2.5 version of gsl?
>
>      
>
>     Best,
>
>     Mohamed
>
>
>
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President, Talent Algorithms Inc.

science + technology = better workers

http://www.alanmead.org

"You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. 
You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such 
horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, 
so alone, only you're not. See, in all our 
searching, the only thing we've found that makes 
the emptiness bearable, is each other."

-- Carl Sagan, Contact